Oh! Hello, internets. Are you still here? Has it really been six days since I last posted? That’s not like me.
I’m trying to sum up what I’ve been doing in the last six days, and all I can land on is: scheming and socialising.
It was a brilliant six days with lots of friends and a few dark patches, but those few dark patches were enough to make me sit down and think, “Right. WHERE TO.”
And so I’m off to London tomorrow. I very nearly decided not to go to the Cringe night, but then Veronica came home the other day with a surprise- turns out the Cringe book is already out in the Netherlands (Waterstone’s)! We had a little read through and it was quite funny and totally cringe-worthy and I thought, “Fuckit. You’re only in a book once, right?” (Answer: HOPEFULLY NOT.)
So I booked my flights and let some London people know that I was coming, and off I go tomorrow morning.
If it weren’t for the shit storm raining down on me this year, I might have missed it. But there’s nothing like stoopid drama and money woes to make me want to flee the country.
I am also cooking up a few more trips within the next month. All of this will do absolutely NOTHING to help my money woes. It also will do nothing to help any stoopid drama that pops up, but I’m banking on the old saying “Out of sight out of mind.” That does work, right? Fingers crossed.
Here are a few photos from my break at work yesterday when I popped around the corner to Waterstone’s to see for myself that, yes, the book is actually on the shelf (Gah!).
Shocking!
Embarrassing!
It's the Cringe book!
If anyone is reading this and happens to be in London tomorrow night, please come by to the Cringe night at the George Pub in The Strand! 6pm, yo. Sure to be a good time.
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Four Years Ago: I was trying to find the ultimate balance: work, school and love. Still am actually. It didn’t help that back then I still smoked weed (Whaaaat? I was new to Amsterdam- it was still novel back then!). Any family who might be reading this (ahem and convalescing at home with a bad back) please ignore what you read on that post!
One Year Ago: My nerdy love of fonts burst through. This is a love that cannot be tamed.
You’re in that book? I’ve never heard of it before but maybe a trip to waterstones is in order :p
Crriiiiiiiinge.
I will come along, it sounds hilarious. Are you reading?
(Obviously I don’t know you and you will not care whether I come or not. But your blog makes me laugh a lot.)
http://www.teadevotee.wordpress.com
Oh yay!!! Please seek me out and say hello! I don’t think I will read unless I find something extremely good in my HUGE STACK of old diaries!
hurrah, I am looking forward to it!
you may have to stand behind the book making faces as in the photos above so that I recognise you.
Relax Amanda…I am the cool Aunt. lol.
Phew! Just don’t tell Nana and Poppy!
By the way…thanks for posting….it gives me some good reading while being layed up! Are there any other daily dose sites you can recommend for me while I am being bored at home?
Do I!
http://1000awesomethings.com/
http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/index.html (this one has a TON of archives that you can go back through! It’s tooooo funny!)
http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/
http://dooce.com/
http://www.girlsgonechild.net/
http://taza-and-husband.blogspot.com/
http://www.mattlogelin.com/
http://peterdewolf.wordpress.com/
http://veggiemacabre.wordpress.com/
http://smittenkitchen.com/
And all my homies to the right under ‘Friends’ and ‘Other Expats’.
There that should do you for awhile!!! Happy surfing!
Thanks a gabillion! And I will never tell!! lol.
I will look out for that book out next time we go to Waterstones!
Enjoy London. Bon voyage!
Hehe. It’s ok. I have seen it in a book shop but I have not bought it… yet :p
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So glad you came, and so glad I got to meet you! I love these pictures.